His name is Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah.

We find this man mentioned in 1 Chron.
iii.

22 as a descendant of King David.

His son Hattush had returned with Ezra, twelve years before; now here is the old man himself, determined not to let his white hairs prevent him from helping on the good work (ver 29).

He builds by the gate which was his charge, the Golden Gate, at the east of the temple court and facing the Mount of Olives.
The last piece of the wall is being done by the goldsmiths and the merchants; and now, as we pass them, we find ourselves again at the Sheep Gate, at the very spot from which we started in our walk round the city.
Listen to the ring of the trowels, hearken to the shouts of the workmen, as they call to one another and cheer each other on in the work.